Review report

At 10am on Tuesday 15 July 2003 the chairman of the Review Committee, Dr John Carroll, presented the report into the exhibitions and programs of the National Museum to a special Council meeting at the Museum.

The Museum's Chairman, The Honourable Tony Staley, announced the four-person panel and the Committee's terms of reference earlier this year.

The Review Committee included:

• Dr John Carroll, Reader in Sociology at La Trobe University, Melbourne
• Mr Richard Longes, Director, Investec Australia Ltd Investment Bank
• Dr Philip Jones, Senior Curator of Anthropology at the South Australian Museum
• Professor Patricia Vickers-Rich, Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Director of the Monash Science Centre, Monash University, Melbourne.

The Review Committee was asked to examine the aims and content of the Museum's exhibitions and public and schools programs, evaluate the Museum's progress so far and propose priorities for future development of exhibitions and programs.

The Committee held meetings with historians and other academics and called for public submissions, some of which can be downloaded.

Media releases:

> National Museum review panel reports, 14 July 2003

> National Museum reviews its future, 3 January 2003

For more information please contact Leanda Coleman, Acting Director of Public Affairs on +61 2 6208 5338, 0438 620 710 or email media@nma.gov.au

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A Report to the Council of the National Museum of Australia July 2003	PDF	315k

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Review submissions